lily
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Post by lily on May 1, 2019 13:16:17 GMT -6
Please come join!
How old is your LO?
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going?
0-3 mo What positions/props are working for you? What are you struggling with?
4-8 mo Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF?
If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going?
9-12mo What’s something BF related that you worried about when pregnant or with a newborn that turned out fine?
Questions/AW?
GTKY: if you had to pick, would you pick 12 months of pregnancy with 10 minutes of labor, or 4 months of pregnancy with 24 hours of labor? Assuming healthy baby & mom in the end either way.
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Post by vvvvvfee on May 1, 2019 14:33:56 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 10 months tomorrow
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? BFing on demand at home, pumping 2x per day at work
9-12mo What’s something BF related that you worried about when pregnant or with a newborn that turned out fine? i've certainly fretted over pumping at work with all 3 and it's always ended up fine.
GTKY: if you had to pick, would you pick 12 months of pregnancy with 10 minutes of labor, or 4 months of pregnancy with 24 hours of labor? Assuming healthy baby & mom in the end either way. ack, a lot to consider here. having already really short labors with all 3, 10 minutes is just too scary. if there's no warning, DNW to have a baby at work or in some other random location. also if the 12 months had extra months of nausea, too, i would not want that. so i guess i'd have to go for choice #2. but it does seem kinda short and like you wouldn't have a long time to mentally prepare.
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jacks
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Post by jacks on May 1, 2019 15:35:51 GMT -6
Thanks for the invite!
How old is your LO? 2.5 weeks
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing, great! We started off in the hospital with formula due to very low blood sugar, switched to SNS with formula followed by pumping, and finally graduated to just nursing!
Overall, she’s been much easier to nurse than dd1 was.
0-3 mo What positions/props are working for you? What are you struggling with? Cradle / cross cradle. I got the new version of the boppy this time and I love it so much. It has a harder top surface that supports floppy baby so well.
Struggles - still some pain with latching. Not sure if it is her latch or still just the adjustment to constant nursing.
Questions/AW? At what point can I start pumping to build up a stash without messing with my supply?
GTKY: if you had to pick, would you pick 12 months of pregnancy with 10 minutes of labor, or 4 months of pregnancy with 24 hours of labor? Assuming healthy baby & mom in the end either way. I’m weird, but if I could just extend 3rd trimester, I would pick 12 months of pregnancy. I get super sick the first 2 trimesters though and would prefer labor to that. With an epidural though... I’ve also never actually gone into labor on my own though, so my opinion is skewed.
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lily
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Post by lily on May 1, 2019 20:44:27 GMT -6
jacks it’s recommended to wait to pump until after the 3 weeks growth spurt at least, if possible, because adding pumping on top of a baby nursing full time & nursing well sets you up for oversupply, which is much less desirable than it sounds. Often 6-8 weeks is recommended. The more general recommendation is “after nursing is well established.” Also congrats on getting baby to breast after a rocky start!
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lily
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Post by lily on May 1, 2019 20:47:52 GMT -6
How old is your LO? - 10.5 mo
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? - nursing, smoothly
9-12mo What’s something BF related that you worried about when pregnant or with a newborn that turned out fine? - with my first, I worried a lot about my inverted nipples. Of course it was probably the worrying & researching that let it not be a big deal, but it all turned out fine.
Questions/AW? - this baby is finally crawling!! Yay!! Now if he’d just cut some teeth!
GTKY: if you had to pick, would you pick 12 months of pregnancy with 10 minutes of labor, or 4 months of pregnancy with 24 hours of labor? Assuming healthy baby & mom in the end either way. — why do I always ask GTKY questions I don’t have an answer for? I think 9 months is such a balanced length for pregnancy that I wouldn’t change it. But that’s not an option sooo... 4 months. Cause if I had to go through 12 months of HG I might lose my mind.
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Post by potatocakes on May 2, 2019 8:47:12 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 9 months on Monday
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Pumping at work, nursing when together. I continue to disagree with DCP about how much milk is enough, but we're working through it.
4-8 mo Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF? I know when teeth are coming because his latch has gotten uncomfortable for a few days as the teeth come in, but nothing we can't work around.
If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going? I'm feeling overwhelmed by life - work, kids, taking care of my house, but I know it will get easier soon.
Questions/AW?
GTKY: if you had to pick, would you pick 12 months of pregnancy with 10 minutes of labor, or 4 months of pregnancy with 24 hours of labor? Assuming healthy baby & mom in the end either way. 4 months and 24 hours, no question. Being pregnant was not so fun the second time, and I've been in labor/the induction process for 12-18 hours both times, so I think I could handle a full 24 pretty easily.
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Post by potatocakes on May 2, 2019 8:50:56 GMT -6
jacks, if you tend towards undersupply (like me!) I would start right away at that 3 week mark - even if it's just 5 minutes here or there you can start getting a few ounces in your freezer. I've been so thankful to have a freezer stash with returning to work and trying to make it through on breastmilk.
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Post by Speedy on May 2, 2019 17:47:37 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 10.5 months
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing at home. Pumping twice a day at work. I'm just frustrated with pumping because I never seem to get much. I do everything I can, but it seems like the only way I can get even 4 oz is by seriously squeezing my tatas. Which I can't really do because it requires them to be out in the open and I'm usually pumping with my coworkers nearby. He seems content when he's nursing, so it's just the pump 😩
9-12mo What’s something BF related that you worried about when pregnant or with a newborn that turned out fine? Ummm, I was worried that my milk wouldn't come in, or that I wouldn't have enough (which was partly true, but mostly not). And NIP too I guess.
Questions/AW?
GTKY: if you had to pick, would you pick 12 months of pregnancy with 10 minutes of labor, or 4 months of pregnancy with 24 hours of labor? Assuming healthy baby & mom in the end either way. 4 months and 24 hours. I was soooo sick and itchy my last trimester. I'd probably tear off my skin if I had to deal with that for longer.
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